I need to talk to Chuck!
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We have more than 3-3/4 years of this left.
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Yes. I got a PhD in European history for ancient, medieval, and early modern history (mostly medieval). TFG’s actions feel like Athens exiling a general who lost a battle in the Peloponnesian War, or any medieval king exiling a mighty nobleman and then seizing his lands. Hopefully we won’t get into Thomas Cromwell territory, where the king threw the guy in prison, executed him, and then seized his lands.
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Then it’s Don Jr., Then Eric! Then probably Melania.
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by about as much as original “Liberation Day” tariffs did!
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I wonder when CF-DJT discovered there actually is a Charles Schwab? And that he is a living person.
Should we tell him about Ronald McDonald? Or would the shock of finding out Ronald is not real kill him… Hmmmm…
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Pessimist!
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And stocks are goin’ down, down…
Workin’ In A Coal Mine.
They do a great job with this classic!
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If Newsmax is found guilty, will they pay?
Hell, the president will probably try to have the decision vacated, because he IS the king.
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Meanwhile DOGE issues a Gag Order to Social Security employees…
From the Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/social-security-phone-doge-cuts/
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation, the U.S. DOGE Service, set off a panic in March among elderly and disabled people after proposing that the Social Security Administration scrap many of its claims services over the phone in an effort to end alleged identity fraud. …
According to an internal memo obtained by The Washington Post, plans to force people awarded retirement, disability and Medicare benefits to set up direct-deposit payments online or in person have been canceled after the agency concluded it could vet these transactions for fraud by phone. Those applying for benefits can also continue the process by phone without the need to go online or visit an office in person, according to the Monday memo from acting deputy commissioner Doris Diaz to acting commissioner Leland Dudek.
At the same time, the agency will implement a new fraud-detecting tool to “flag suspect teleclaims based on known, common characteristics of fraudulent claims,” the memo said. Only if an applicant’s phone call is flagged will they be required to show up in person, according to the memo. …
The memo offered few details on the new anti-fraud tool or how the agency will manage to stand it up in less than a week. It stated only that the tool will be launched “with current resources.” …
An email went out to Social Security technicians on Monday instructing them to “cease all written responses to Congressional inquiries and inquiries from Advocates,” according to a copy obtained by The Post. A similar email went out to employees in other divisions affecting a wide range of staff members, including benefits authorizers, claims specialists and customer service representatives. …
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The good news just keeps on coming!
I mean, really, they want to turn all of America into pre-civil rights act Mississippi.
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I think we hit throwing a guy in prison already. Whether it has hit “executed him” depends on what happens in an El Salvador prison.
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F-N Liar! How hard did this creature have to swallow to keep down that bilious lie?
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That’s correct. You cannot rebuild an entire ecosystem from scratch. This is what’s killed the Amazon Rainforest.
It’s all about money $$$ 
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So is there a site where one can check if DonOLD thinks you’re an enemy?
And does anybody else wonder what happened to the lady in DonOLD’s retineu who used to carry the wireless printer around?
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Needs more cowbell anvil!
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Exactly.
Mr. Kurtz writes:
“I am your retribution,” he promised his supporters in 2023.
The retribution is now.
But these moves suggest an edit:
“Now I am MY retribution”
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All is well. Trump’s 4d chess goal of having our former allies “kiss his ass” has been realized and the work of completely dismantling the government continues apace without the hated face of Elon everywhere. The destruction of our stature and reputation with the rest of the world is also moving forward.
Any relief anyone is feeling is the relief the battered wife feels the day after she has been savagely beaten and her batterer is telling her he only does it because he “loves her so much” and he will “never do it again.”
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What the investigations of Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor are all about.
Trump’s Latest Weaponization Is about Historic Loyalty Oaths as Much as Current Ones - emptywheel
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